🦅 Away Capitals 19-18-4 before this game

4–7

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	2	1	1	4
BOS	3	3	1	7

Capitals at Bruins

Bruins beat Capitals 7–4 at TD Garden on January 5, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Jan 5, 2002 · 14:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐻 BOS

Joe Thornton

3 G, 1 A

6 shots · 14:19 TOI · +3

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Chris Simon

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · 14:25 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐻 BOS

Bill Guerin

2 G

8 shots · 19:20 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

11 goals · in order

1st period

🐻 Joe Thornton Go-ahead 1st · 04:11

Assists: Nick Boynton · beat Olie Kolzig

0–1

🦅 Chris Simon Tying 1st · 05:03

Unassisted · beat Byron Dafoe

1–1

🐻 Glen Murray Go-ahead 1st · 07:15

Assists: Joe Thornton · beat Olie Kolzig

1–2

🐻 Joe Thornton PP 1st · 12:02

Assists: Sergei Samsonov, Jonathan Girard · beat Olie Kolzig

1–3

🦅 Dainius Zubrus PP 1st · 15:53

Assists: Adam Oates, Jaromir Jagr · beat Byron Dafoe

2–3

2nd period

🐻 Joe Thornton 2nd · 06:47

Assists: Sergei Samsonov, Glen Murray · beat Olie Kolzig

2–4

🦅 Chris Simon 2nd · 09:28

Assists: Peter Bondra, Jeff Halpern · beat Byron Dafoe

3–4

🐻 Bill Guerin 2nd · 11:21

Assists: Martin Lapointe · beat Olie Kolzig

3–5

🐻 Bill Guerin 2nd · 12:07

Assists: Jozef Stumpel, Sean O'Donnell · beat Olie Kolzig

3–6

3rd period

🐻 Rob Zamuner 3rd · 08:21

Unassisted · beat Craig Billington

3–7

🦅 Matt Pettinger PP 3rd · 11:36

Assists: Chris Simon, Sergei Gonchar · beat Byron Dafoe

4–7

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH BOS🐻

23 Shots on goal 39

2/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

17 Hits 17

10 Blocked shots 10

6 Takeaways 12

8 Giveaways 9

21 Penalty minutes 23

WSH shooting 17.4% (4/23) BOS shooting 17.9% (7/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Olie Kolzig

19/25

.760 SV% · 6 GA · 32:07 TOI

Craig Billington

13/14

.929 SV% · 1 GA · 27:53 TOI

🐻Bruins

Byron Dafoe

19/23

.826 SV% · 4 GA · 59:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–3

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–6

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Oates · Zubrus · Bondra 20:34

L2 Halpern · Jagr · Khristich 15:42

L3 Simon · Pettinger · Nikolishin 14:25

L4 Sacco · Whitfield · Peat 9:45

D1 Gonchar · Cote 21:26

D2 Reekie · Kucera 18:19

D3 Klee · Zettler 16:17

🐻Bruins

L1 Stumpel · Rolston · Lapointe 20:52

L2 Samsonov · Guerin · Murray 18:30

L3 Axelsson · Thornton · Knuble 12:45

L4 Zamuner · Nazarov · Stock 8:33

D1 O'Donnell · Gill 28:47

D2 Boynton · Sweeney 17:04

D3 Girard · Kultanen 10:32

⚔️ Last meetings

Bruins lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

1–1 (OT) · Bruins won

❓ WSH vs BOS, answered

Who won Capitals vs Bruins on January 5, 2002?

Bruins won 7–4.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Bruins?

The final score was Capitals 4, Bruins 7.

Who scored for Capitals?

Chris Simon (2), Dainius Zubrus, Matt Pettinger.

Who scored for Bruins?

Joe Thornton (3), Bill Guerin (2), Glen Murray, Rob Zamuner.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 19 saves on 25 shots (.760 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 19 saves on 23 shots (.826 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Bruins season series?

Bruins lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Jan 3

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Jan 3

Also on January 5, 2002

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